Leg-rest for chairs.



G. FISCHRUPP. LEG REST FOR cums.

APPLICATION HL'ED'JAN.24. I916.

Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

GEORGE FISCHRUPP, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LEG-REST FOR CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

Application filed January 24, 1916. Serial No. 73,802.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FISGHRUPP, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Leg-Rests for Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of leg rests for reclining chairs and the like, in which the leg supporting member is adapted to slide into a position beneath the chair seat when not required for use.

The object of the present improvement is to provide a simple and eflicient structural formation and association of parts, by means of which the movement of the leg supporting member in an outward direction from beneath the chair seat is adapted to automatically effect the proper positioning of said supporting member, and a bracing of the same in said position, all as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a sectional elevation of a reclining chair having the present invention applied. Fig. 2, is a detail plan view of the leg supporting member and its accessories, detached from the chair frame. Fig. 3, is a transverse sec tion on line ww, Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals indicatelike parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the usual side rails of the chair, with which are associated channel guideways 2, arranged in opposed relation, and which may be fixedly secured to the side rails l, or pivotally connected thereto, in manner shown in my prior Patent No. 1,166,198 of December 28, 1915, and forming a portion of the mechanism of said patented structure.

3 designates counterpart sliding rails, individual to the guideways 2 aforesaid, and adapted to have sliding movement in the channels thereof.

4 designates a tie rod or bar extending transversely between the sliding rails 3 to connect the same together and form a pivotal support for the leg rest now to be described.

5 designates the leg rest, preferably of the rectangular flat form shown, and pivoted at its forward end to the rod 4 aforesaid.

6 designates a brace member, preferably adapted to form a closure for an opening formed in the front rail of the chair for the passage of the present mechanism. In addition said rail acts as an overweight for the brace member 6, so that when the present mechanism is drawn out to provide a leg rest, the weighted rail 7 is adapted to descend by gravity and cause the brace member 6 to lift the leg rest 5 into its proper inclined position, and effectually brace the rest in such position, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my said invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a leg rest, the combination of a seat frame, a guideway on said frame, a sliding member in said guideway, a leg rest pivoted at its forward end to said sliding member, and a weighted brace pivoted to said sliding member to the rear of the pivots of the leg rest and adapted for operative engagement therewith, substantially as set forth.

2. In a leg rest, the combination of a seat frame, a pair of channel shape guideways on said frame, sliding rails moving in the channels of said guideways, a leg rest pivoted at its forward end to said sliding rails, and a weighted brace pivoted to said sliding rails to the rear of the pivots of the leg rest and adapted for operative engagement therewith, substantially as set forth.

3. In a leg rest, the combination of a seat frame, a pair of channel shape guideways on said frame, sliding rails moving in the channels of said guideways, a leg rest pivoted at its forward end to said sliding rails, a U-shape brace pivoted to said sliding rails to the rear of the pivots of the leg rest and adapted for operative engagement therewith, and a transverse bar secured to the forward end of the U-shape bar aforesaid and adapted to form a closure for an opening in the front rail of the seat through which the mechanism has movement, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 22nd day of January, 1916.

GEORGE FISGHRUPP.

copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

